Swahn Surname
Approximately 1,149 people bear this surname
Swahn Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 639 | 1:15,410 | 1,314 |
| United States | 320 | 1:1,132,684 | 81,515 |
| Norway | 62 | 1:82,940 | 11,515 |
| Finland | 34 | 1:161,668 | 14,556 |
| England | 24 | 1:2,321,586 | 86,519 |
| Canada | 23 | 1:1,601,982 | 107,690 |
| Denmark | 16 | 1:352,795 | 24,706 |
| Sudan | 9 | 1:4,167,799 | 5,799 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Monaco | 3 | 1:12,355 | 2,088 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 15 | 1:3,347,912 | 150,340 |
Swahn (40) may also be a first name.
Swahn Demographics
Average Swahn Salary in
United States
$48,431 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Swahn Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Swahn Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Swahn is more commonly found in Sweden than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Swahn click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Swahn? popularity and diffusion
Swahn is the 324,225th most commonly occurring family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 6,342,512 people. The last name Swahn occurs mostly in Europe, where 69 percent of Swahn live; 67 percent live in Northern Europe and 65 percent live in Scandinavia. It is also the 1,614,485th most commonly used first name on earth It is held by 40 people.
The last name Swahn is most commonly occurring in Sweden, where it is borne by 639 people, or 1 in 15,410. In Sweden Swahn is most prevalent in: Stockholm County, where 35 percent are found, Västra Götaland County, where 18 percent are found and Skåne County, where 9 percent are found. Not including Sweden this surname is found in 18 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 28 percent are found and Norway, where 5 percent are found.
Swahn Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Swahn has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Swahn surname rose 2,133 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Swahn Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Swahn surname are 2.55% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 50.68% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Swahn earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 22.5% less than the national average, earning 268,219 kr per year; in United States they earn 12.24% more than the national average, earning $48,431 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.2% more than the national average, earning $54,255 CAD per year.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Swahn
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